Denis of the Nativity
French sailor and cartographer for the king of Portugal
Feast: 29 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Aceh on the island of Sumatra, the blessed martyrs Denis of the Nativity (Pierre) Berthelot, priest, and Redemptus of the Cross (Thomas) RodrÃguez, religious of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, who were first reduced to slavery by the Muslims and finally killed on the seashore with arrows and axe blows.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 29 November as a Discalced Carmelite priest enslaved and killed on the seashore at Aceh.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Redemptus of the Cross Blessed“At Aceh on the island of Sumatra, the blessed martyrs Denis of the Nativity (Pierre) Berthelot, priest, and Redemptus of the Cross (Thomas) RodrÃguez, religious of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, who were first reduced to slavery by the Muslims and finally killed on the seashore with arrows and axe blows.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 29 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2058977 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Denis of the Nativity (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.